Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-27
WET AND DRY.
pe,rscfs Her Prohibition De
Iilsn". ~ Two Years ago, and
Votes Wet this Time
csmpaign wss Carried on-The
sYs inc I'D the SGgroes-Bow The
inherent Factions argued
-.-...r LIE CHAMPIONS SAY .

.,s..lon whether 1t snail la'1 Two ye0r'
" There is a natural curiosity
- s,ow estimates Of Captain E. T.
VII md Mr.. Henry Grady, the
Unions Of their respective sides.
r,,,,in Howell was found in the lobby CT
- Tm5al house and was asked to give
,nbIicsuon his estimate of the vote
m..,6. "The majority for auti-prohl-
., vtll not ba less than 1900 il my
aPiDion."
..o NJ the vote. He sent the following
,,r. 81 do not make predictions Of
.,i,risiss IN elections until the votes are
-. hut I am perfectly satisfied with the
sraook."
ATLANTA GOES WET.
atlanta, GA, Nov. 26-Aiter the
INST hested contest on record in the
,... Of Georges, Atlanta to-day voted
usirs. prohibition.
The dight has been a peculiarly bitter
mo For over month partisars have
ssss engaged in the contest.
Meetings. have been held at all pisces and
mai sneakers and foreign statesmen
s,7e Stamped the country from almost
7sry curbstone in the city and every
c,ss-ro.ds in the country. Early in the
snDsign the Pros leased q warehouse
md fitted it up with seats for 8000 peo-
PIE. Almost nightly that building has
beeD filed, end such scenes 81
wild enthusiasm are rarely seen.
Almost every minister in the city
ussched prohibition from his pulpit
Sunday after Sunday. Both sides had
hl campaign funds for their respective
causes. The negro vote mas been tae
bone Of contention and wss
the bslsnce OF power. Each side
made great efforts TO secure
it il every way possible. The ne.
Eoes we're considerably divided on the
subject, though the msiOrity of them
To.ed with the entis.
One of the features of the contest has
been the active part taken By
Many woMEN OF THE CITY.
Several OF the churches organized
committees from among their female
TenoerB who took an active part in the
campaign. They organized men Of the
cClO.ed churches into societies, and met
with them and prayed with them day
after day. Tie result of their
WORK vas shown to-day by the ap.
PssEance Ct 8 large number Of women
Mthe polls with blue ribbons. They
I served hot coffee and sandwiches at every
4 plirg place and conducted prayer.
meetings and singing cr0ssdes in the
Z oPH air. Fulton county. in which At.
l1tA is located, voted two years ago on
1eame question and went for prooi-
6ton by msi2rity Of 22s
on! Of about 5000 votes. The
REGISTRATION this time exceeded that
aha year by 1000 votes.
The principal h5ht made on pro during
eecsnDsign Was that it did not prohibit
I'D thst drinks could be openly pur,
Na'ed throughout the city from who
S'ei psit taxes to the United States
government for the sale Of whisky
thousands of gallons had been
"N in each month from
N~sS around Atlantis, from which it was
@~'St as easy to get & Jug as it was at
&c 'sF8 in the city. The ants claim that
."-io!iion injured the city, which had
WI fscsiyipg $50. 900 a year in whisky
'@'l'e' without decreasing in the slight
~ @e amount of whisky sold in the city.
'-s 5'os, on the other hand, claimed
-~AaA has never had prohibition; that
~-' Il was SO voted two years ego,
S-S'S then existing, some Of them
= not expire until almost q
& - $50 and since then the domestic
~eauSe in the local option bill al
~ many places in the city by which
la could be easily evaded.
s. -S "ss, however, remedied by the
slslature, which put O license OF
u all wine rooms, which license
~ into effect after January l. The
81 ~As become "wet" by probably 8
ISlority. Great enthusiasm pre-
VI TIE streets.